Is Balendra Shah answerable to anyone?

Kathmandu mayor’s F-bomb studded Facebook post on Saturday was only the most recent of his controversial social media messages. He deleted it but has shown no remorse.

In 2022, independent candidate Balendra Shah took Nepali politics by storm after beating contenders from the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML in the local polls to become the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. It was a remarkable feat for a rapper more adept at throwing jibes and disses rather than at political rhetoric.